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Province vs Provincewide - What's the difference?

province | provincewide |

As a noun province

is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (canada) one of ten of canada's federated entities, recognized by the constitution and having a separate representative of the sovereign (compare territory).

As a proper noun province

is (british) northern ireland.

As an adjective provincewide is

throughout a province.

province

English

(wikipedia province)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (Canada) one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).
  • A territorial area within a country.
  • A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "province")

    Derived terms

    * provincehood * provincewide

    Related terms

    * provincial

    Coordinate terms

    * canton * county * department * oblast * shire * state

    Proper noun

  • (British) Northern Ireland
    • ----

    provincewide

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • throughout a province.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 31, author=Ian Austen, title=In a Quebecer’s Heart, Pepsi Occupies a Special Place, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=One mocks Quebec stereotypes from a peculiar provincial law that sets June 30 as the expiration date for most residential leases (and thus transforms July 1 into a chaotic, provincewide moving day) to a Quebec City so cold that an actor must consume a bottle of Pepsi as if it were a Popsicle. }}